Manger guard



Aug. 18, 1931. 1 B OLSON 1,819,335

MANGER GUARD WAILZJM WM/d A TTORNEYS.

Aug. 18, 1931'. J, B, OLSQN 1,819,335

MANGER GUARD Filed OGl'.. 17. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 18, 1931 l UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE I JOI-IN B. OLSON, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES MANUFACTUR- l ING COMPANY, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN MANGER GUARD Application filed October 17, 1927.

This invention relates Jto-improvements in manger guards, including partitioning members for subdividing mangers 1n general correspondence with the stall partitions, and also l members have heretofore been made and connected with stanchion frames in such a manner that the guards or partitions can be lifted and supported in a raised position to facilitate cleaning the manger. Partition members or guards of this general type are disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States to John James, No. 1,186,514, dated June 6, 1916, and the object of this invention is to imn prove such guards, to provide means for connectinv them in O'rou s or airs to a man er guard rail, and to provide means for connect-v ing the latter with stanchion frame posts in such a manner as to furnish additional protection to the partition membersallowing the ,25, vertical dimensions of the partition members to be reduced to a minimum and allowing partition members and guard rails or guard rail members to be raised and` supported in a raised position pending a stall cleaning oper- 301V ation, whereby the guard'rails,their supports and partition membersmay be out of the way and cleaning devices operated from end to end of the manger without obstruction.

In the drawings:

353; Fig. l is a'plan view of a stanchion frame and manger equipped with my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectionalvie'w of the manger and stanchion frame showing' one of the partition members associated with the 401I guard rail and with dotted lines indicating the movable parts as they appear when raised and secured in a position of non-use.

Like parts areidentiied by the same reference characters in both views.

The partition members 10 are each provided with an arm 11 extending upwardly and rearwardly from their rear margins and pivoted at 12 to a bracket 13 which is clamped to a stanchion frame post 14. The posts of the stanchion frame are, of course, located in line Serial No. 228,608. Y

with the stall partitions and a guard 10 will be associated with each such partition to divide the portion of the manger in front of one stall from that in front of the adjacent stall. The bottom wall of the partition 10 will be contcured in conformity with the bottom portion of the mangerv wall 16 which will ordinarily be formed of concrete. A link bar 17 is secured to the front end portion of the partition member 10 by a pivot pin 18, the bar 17 being preferably forked so as to embrace opposite sides ofthe partition, both forked arms being connected by the pivot pin 18. The

Aupper end of this link bar 17 is pivoted at 2O to a clamping bracket 21 which engages the guard rail or guard rail section 22. Each of t-he brackets 21 is connected by a rod 24 to a bracket 25 which is clamped to the stanchion post 14, the rod 24 being pivoted to the bracket 25 at 27. Each guard rail member is connected by at least two rods 24 with brackets 25 clamped to frame posts 14. Therefore, at least two partition guards 10 Ywill be associ-` ated with each guard rail member and connected thereto by links 17.

the number'of'partition members 10 to be connected therewith vand the weight of the The length of the V guard rail member will, of course, determine parts will ordinarily determine the length of cated by dotted lines in Figure 2 when theV partsare raised to the position of non-use.

In this position, the parts may be held by Y.

latch members 80, pivoted to the link bars 11 at 31 and adapted to drop by gravity into engagement with the upper surface of the bracket 13 lwhen the movable parts are raised to the position of non-use. When it is desired tolower these parts, a` slight push against them, tending to swing the rod 24 toward the stall frame will release these latches and al low the partition guards and associated guard rail member to' be lowered to normal position ofuse.YY f

The rod 24 is adapted to constitute an adjustable element of av stall partition since it extends over the manger in front of the partition bar 3l. The connections with the manger partition lO are so proportioned in length that when therod is raised to a position of non-use, the manger partition will extend vertically over the manger space and serve as a stall partition member in place of the rod 24. rlhe manger partition preferably has a buffer plate 32 to prevent its front margin from damage if lowered too rapidly or dropped into normal position of use.

From the above description it will be apparent that an attendant may raise a number of manger partitions by grasping and raising the guard rail 2Q. rlhe various parts of the swinging structure will assume the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, as the guard rail assumes a position parallel to and adjacent the stanchion posts, a position which it assumes aftertravelingthrough an arc governed by the arms 24 pivoted at 27, as above indicated. The attendant is enabled to place the partition members at a considerable height above the manger, thereby completely removing them as obstructions to the cleaning of the manger.

I claim:

l. The combination with a manger, of a support at one side thereof, a guard rail at Y the opposite side thereof having a supporting arm pivoted to the support, and a manger partition member linked to the guard rail and j pivotally connected with its support.

2. The combination with a manger provided with manger partitions, partition supports along one side of the manger having pivol ed arms secured to said partitions, a manger guard extending along the opposite side of the manger and connected with said partitions, and arms kon said manger guard eX- tending across the manger and -pivotally supported for swinging upward movement concurrently with the movement of the partitions about'their pivoted supports.v

3. The combination with a manger and stanchion frame, of a set of manger partitions, a guard rail linked thereto, arms connected with the guard rail and pivoted to the stanchion frame, and other arms secured to the partitions and pivoted to they stanchion frame and adapted to allow the guard rail and partitions to be simultaneously raised to a position of non-use unobstructive of the manger space.A 4. The combination with a manger and stanchion frame, of a set of manger partitions, a guard rail linked thereto, arms connected with the guard rail and pivoted to the stanchion frame, other arms secured to the partitions and pivoted to the stanchion frame and adapted to allow the guard rail and partitions to be simultaneously raised to a position of non-use unobstructive of the manger space, and a latch adapted to hold the guard d rail and partitions in said raised position.

5. The combination with a manger and stanchion frame, of a set of manger partitions pivotally connected with the stanchion frame, superposed partition bars also pivotally connected with the stanchion frame, one above each manger partition, said partition bars being connected with each other at the side of the manger opposite that occupied by the stanchion frame, and linkage connecting the manger partitions thereto.

6. The combination with a manger, of a movable manger partition member, a rod substantially in the plane of the partition member and extending over the manger space at a materially higher level, means for pivotally supporting one end of the rod, and a link conjiection between the rod and partition mem- 7. The combination with a manger, of a movable manger partition member, a rod substantially in the plane of the partition member and extending over the manger space at a materially higher level, means for pivotally supporting one end of the rod, and a connection between the rod and partition member, said rod being also provided with a manger guard extending transversely of the rod at the side of the, mangeroccupied by the animal andy spaced inwardly from the upper 9a margin of the manger. i

8. Astanchion rame,an adjustable manger guard rail provided with a pivotal connection to the frame, a manger partition pivotally secured to the frame at a point offset from the pivotal connection of the guard rail, and a link between the guard railand the partition.

9. A stanchion frame, an adjustable manger guard rail provided with a pivotal connection to the frame, a manger partition pivotally secured to the frame at a point offset from the pivotal connection of the guard rail, and a link pivotally secured to the stanchion frame and to the guard rail and the partition. Y

10. A stanchion frame, a manger provided with movable partitions, a link between the stanchion frame and each partition providing pivotal mounting forthe movement of the partition in a vertical plane, a manger' rail normal to the partitions and pivotally supported from the frame and a bar pivotally secured to the rail and to each partition.

JOHN B. OLSON. 

